This cabbie might be the most honest person in the world

Las Vegas cab driver Gerardo Gamboa thought someone left a bag of chocolates in the back seat of his vehicle. Turns out, the abandoned paper bag held $300,000 in cash.

Now, Gamboa is winning honors for honesty after turning in the money Monday. The cash was returned to an unidentified poker player.

For his honesty, Yellow Checker Star Transportation named Gamboa its driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a dinner for two at an exclusive restaurant, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

Gamboa picked up the player Monday morning and took him to Palms Place, a casino resort. The passenger gave him a $5 tip.

At Gamboa's next stop, a doorman removed the bag from the back seat, put it on the passenger seat and suggested it was probably a bag of chocolate, before a new passenger got in.

At a traffic light, Gamboa looked inside the bag and discovered the money.

“I told my passenger, 'You are my witness on this,' and then I immediately called my dispatcher,” he said.

Once the owner's identity was verified, Yellow Checker Star return the money over to the player. After the poker player got Gamboa's contact information, he said he planned to reward the honest driver.